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Originally Posted by btaylor64
To call a foul such as that one does not entail doing what is right for the game.
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Here's what I was taught and what I believe. If you don't make the same call the same way throughout the game, regardless of the score, then
you, not the players, are deciding the outcome of the game. It's a simple, logical concept but I can't even count the number of officials who disagree with this philosophy.
Here's an example. With just a few seconds left, it's a one point game. B1 bumps A1, who is dribbling the ball, in the backcourt. You've called this amount of contact a foul the entire game but now, because of the "game situation" you choose not to call it because the contact was not especially "hard". We've all seen an official do something similar numerous times. Let me ask you - if this happens, who is deciding the outcome of the game - the players or the officials? The answer should be obvious, but I know there's tons of you out there who would pass on the call, and there's tons of you out there who think that's the right thing to do.